Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Compiler: Joe Roller (jroller9 AT gmail.com)
Phone: (303) 204-0828
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, April 30, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists. Observers have been helpful by reporting sightings and updates on COBirds. Thanks!
CAPITAL LETTERS are used for very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee.
(*) indicates new information on this species.
Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include:
COMMON GALLINULE (*Larimer)
Snowy Plover (Larimer)
Whimbrel (La Plata, *Pueblo, Weld)
Dunlin (*Mesa)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Boulder)
Western Sandpiper (Fremont)
Caspian Tern (*Adams, Boulder, Montezuma)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Jefferson)
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Fremont)
Glossy Ibis (Kiowa, La Plata)
White-eyed Vireo (Prowers)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Arapahoe)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (*Larimer)
BRONZED COWBIRD (*Pueblo)
Worm-eating Warbler (Bent)
Hooded Warbler (*Washington)
Northern Parula (Arapahoe)
Scarlet Tanager (Boulder)
For more information on other birds not on the RBA today, go to cobirds.org and scroll to the bottom for "Recent eBird Sightings".
ADAMS COUNTY:
—-On April 29 a Caspian Tern was reported from Clear Creek Valley Park by Gabriel Wiltse.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
—-On April 28 a Red-naped Sapsucker was reported at Cherry Creek SP at 12 mile Parking Area by Mary Burger/DFO Trip.
—-On April 27 a Yellow-throated Vireo was reported at South Platte Park, feeding in the cottonwoods along the outlet stream from Eaglewatch Area to Redtail Lake. First reported April 26 by Mark Willms.
—-On April 26 a Northern Parula was reported at South Platte Park-Northern Wildlife Area by David Suddjian.
BENT COUNTY:
—-On April 28 a Worm-eating Warbler was reported at Melody Temple Grove, west of the bridge, by Luke Pheneger.
BOULDER COUNTY:
—-On April 28 a Scarlet Tanager was reported at Bohn Park by Joel Such.
—-On April 28 a Pectoral Sandpiper was reported at Lagerman Reservoir. First reported April 17 by Peter Burke.
—-On April 27 a Caspian Tern was reported at Little Gaynor Lake by John Rutenbeck.
FREMONT COUNTY:
—- On April 28 a Yellow-crowned Night Heron was reported at Sell Lake in Canon City. Take Sell Road east from 9th Street to the pond on the south side, before reaching Canon City Riverwalk. Do not trespass beyond the open gate. First reported April 24 by Derek Huggins.
—-On April 28 a Western Sandpiper was reported at Brush Hollow Reservoir by Joel Adams.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
—-On April 28 a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported at Robert A Easton Regional Park. First reported April 12 by David Suddjian.
KIOWA COUNTY:
—-On April 27 a Glossy Ibis was reported at Lower Queens Reservoir by David Dowell.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
—-On April 28 a Whimbrel was reported at Pastorius Reservoir by James Beatty.
—-On April 27 a Glossy ibis was reported at Pastorius Reservoir by James Beatty.
LARIMER COUNTY:
—-On April 29 a COMMON GALLINULE was reported from Wellington State Wildlife Area by John Bruening. This rarity at a pond north of Larimer CR 60 in the Schware Unit. (Note that this is not Morris Reservoir, which is on the south side of 60).
—-On April 29 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Riverbend Ponds frequenting the rabbit brush and dirt path at NE corner of the most NE pond by John Shenot.
—-On April 27 a Snowy Plover was reported at Topminnow Nature Area/East Horsetooth Gravel Pit by Jim Nachel.
MESA COUNTY:
—-On April 29 a Dunlin was reported at 6 & 50 Reservoir; first reported on April 28 by David Price.
MONTEZUMA COUNTY:
—-On April 27 a Caspian Tern was reported at Totten Reservoir and at McPhee Reservoir by James Beatty (possibly same bird).
PROWERS COUNTY:
—-On April 28 a White-eyed Vireo was reported at Lamar Community College by David Dowell.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
—-On April 28 a BRONZED COWBIRD was seen in Scroggs Canyon, just north of Craver Middle School, about 1/4 mile west of Crow Cut-off Rd, Colorado City, in SW Pueblo County by veteran birder, David Silverman. This would be only the 4th eBird Colorado record, the others seen in 1990, 2013 and 2014.
—-On April 29 (3) Whimbrel were reported at Rose Pond at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area) by Brandon Percival.
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
—-On April 29 a Hooded Warbler was reported at Last Chance Rest Area; first reported by Glenn Walbek April 28.
WELD COUNTY:
— On April 26 (11) Whimbrel were reported at Bebee Draw and (1) at Lower Latham by Reservoir Steven Kingswood.
Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details on dfobirds.org
Pawnee National Grasslands
Saturday, May 4
5:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Karen Drozda & Chris Goulart (drozforte AT aol.com; 303-388-0891)
Roxborough State Park
Saturday, May 4
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Alison Kondler (birdtrills AT gmail.com; 303-904-9140)
First Creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Sunday, May 5
6:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955)
Good birding,
Joe Roller, Denver
303 204-0828
jroller9 AT gmail.com
